The Creation of the Merchmakr Screen Printing Press

We're getting set to launch our first Kickstarter campaign. It may seem like we are at the beginning of a journey, but merchmakr has been over a year in the making. Here's some of the stuff we've done throughout 2013 just to get us ready.

Experiments and prototype manufacturing galore.

Back and forth with oodles of manufactures, from fabricators to extruders, and mold makers to rapid prototyping firms

Asking our existing customers tons of questions about what they want and why they need it

design and redesign using many different CAD programs including FreeCad, Sketchup, Rhino, and Inventor

lawyers and patent applications

learning the difference between pipes and tubes

Endless trips to Lowes and Home Depot

Speaking in the tongues of metric and standard, SLA, FDM, ABS, and PLA

more and more

...and just when the search seems hopeless, it's Craigslist to the rescue. Again and again. -- Gary

Gary Jurman

Gary Jurman has been in the screen printing industry for more than 30 years. He has taught private screen printing classes, and helped many people new to the industry bootstrap their way into business. He is the driving force in product development at DIY Screen Printing Supplies.

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